Healing
The Big Burn
Timothy Egan Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as …
Fantasy
Robert Beauchamp Robert Beauchamp (1923 – 1995), along with his six siblings, was orphaned at the age of three and raised during the depression in communal housing in Denver, Colorado. After receiving encouragement from his high school art teacher, Beauchamp immersed himself in art books from the public library and spent countless hours at the …
Better Now
Collective Soul Let the word out, I’ve got to get out Oh, I’m feeling better now Break the news out, I’ve got to get out Oh, I’m feeling better The world’s done shakin’ The world’s done shakin’ The world’s done shakin’ me down -Better Now From the album Youth by Collective Soul
Artist Keith Maddy
When I view my favorite works I experience wonder anew each time. How wonderful, how creative, how amazing, how incredible, that this piece has come from someone’s imagination, through their mind and hands, and into reality. Keith Maddy was raised in Pembroke, Massachusetts as the last of 7 children. His mother’s …
Mathilda Savitch
Victor Lodato Fear doesn’t come naturally to Mathilda Savitch. She prefers to look right at the things nobody else can bring themselves to mention: for example, the fact that her beloved older sister is dead, pushed in front of a train by a man still on the loose. Her grief-stricken parents have basically been sleepwalking …
Nana Luna
Paula Nicho Cumez Artist Paula Nicho Cumez was born in an indigenous Mayan community in Guatemala which suffered extreme violence during the civil war years. She draws inspiration for her paintings from the women in her life, her Mayan heritage and culture, and from her dreams. Through her artistic gifts and determination, she has broken …
Different
Shanna Groves It took me two years before I’d let this much of myself show. My bottle blonde hair and palette of cosmetics usually help me blend in with the other moms who drive their children to sporting events on a warm summer afternoon. I turn the wheel, hoping to avoid the stark reflection that …
Artist Mike O’Day
In my experience, every kid under age ten is fearless. As they gradually get older, they start looking over their shoulder and start worrying what other people think. I believe I have a strong connection to children because the same things appeal to us: Spiral-horned, winged Cheetalopes are awesome! Mike O’Day discovered his love of …